Research Activities
Research Projects 2024
A Migrant’s First Year: Family, Workplace, and Community in Japan
Outline
An important topic in policy debates around international migration has been how migrants could assimilate themselves in the new environment. This comes from the gains and costs from immigration and the gains and costs of assimilation relate to household structures of foreign population, workplace conditions, and neighbourhood communities as well as macroeconomic conditions which may change overtime. The aim of this research project “A Migrant’s First Year” is to study the roles of these microeconomic, regional, and macroeconomic factors while we compare the experiences of novice migrants with one of old and veteran migrants. The research project empirically characterizes changes in household formation of foreign population, changes in quality of jobs and workplaces, demographic changes in the size of local communities, and business cycles in Japan over the last four decades. Then, the project moves on to develop a theoretical framework to understand the new roles of these time-varying factors. Our alternative framework incorporates these multi-dimensional features of longer-term decision making by foreign population, enterprises, and local communities. To contribute to the Japan immigration policy, we combine qualitative study with quantitative work examining how migrants and migrants’ families experience their first year at their workplace and local communities.
Period
April 2024 - March 2025
Members
| Role | Member |
|---|---|
| [ Organizer ] | Yamaguchi, Mami |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Yamada, Nanae |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Hatsukano, Naomi |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Yang Liu(Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Fellow) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Machikita, Tomohiro(Kyoto University Associate Professor) |
*Affiliations are as of April 2024.
Expected Outcome
- Basic theory building project report